Cars

25 Feb 2013

Everyone knows Hong Kong is an expensive town. But you might be surprised by the total costs for even generic expenditure, such as owning a dog. The cost of owning a car or raising a child takes...

Self-driving car is tested by scientists in UK

17 Feb 2013

The new system has been installed in a Nissan Leaf electric car and tested at up to 64km/h on private roads around the university. Researchers hope the cost of the system can be brought down to £...

Our good fortune in meeting Mr Luk

12 Feb 2013

If you blow a tyre in the middle of fast-moving traffic, there is no better place for that to happen than inside the Tai Lam Tunnel.

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Industry shake-up may see GM acquire ailing plants in China

7 Feb 2013

GM, already the top foreign carmaker in China, aims to increase sales by about 75 per cent by 2015 to five million units, and a deal with another carmaker was one possible way its ventures could...

Toyota Motor recalls 22,869 Lexus cars in China as law broadens liability

1 Feb 2013

The company recalled the imported Lexus IS cars, which were made from January 2006 to September 2011, according to a statement on the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision,...

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Toyota to spice up old Corolla to keep market lead

Later this year - it has not said when or where - Toyota plans to introduce a revamped version of its global best-seller, which last underwent a redesign in 2008.

China Digest, January 21, 2013

A former village party secretary in Miyun county has been charged with taking more than 4.65 million yuan (HK$5.74 million) in bribes, the Beijing Times reports.

Briefs, January 19, 2013

China discovered more than 1.4 billion tonnes of new proven oil reserves last year, its third-highest annual haul ever, while its proven reserves of natural gas rose by a record of nearly 900...

TECHNOLOGY

Take a ride in the legal labyrinth of driverless cars

Picture it. You slip into your car, recline and start reading the day's news on your smartphone. The vehicle accelerates, smoothly navigates traffic and seamlessly merges on to the freeway,...

CARS

Hyundai and Kia target 4.1pc rise in global sales

Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors, South Korea's largest carmakers, plan to increase global sales by 4.1 per cent this year, as international and domestic markets struggle with a slowing...

COMPENSATION

Toyota to pay out US$1b to settle claims over accelerator recall

Toyota Motor is set to pay more than US$1.1 billion to settle consumer claims and legal bills over the recall of more than 10 million Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles sold in the US and Puerto...